Moving beyond aid to set the global health agenda
An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.

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An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.
India has a heavy TB burden but has the technological capacity to deal with it. T.V. Padma reports.
3 November 2011 | EN
More than 6,000 US clinical trials are now conducted overseas, and the number is quietly rising in South America.
Source: The Nation
New vaccines normally take years to reach developing countries, but the WHO hopes it can shorten the time drastically for dengue vaccine.
Source: Bulletin of the WHO
Mosquitoes are growing resistant to pyrethroids, the only WHO-approved insecticides used in bednets.
Source: Nature
12 July 2011 | EN
GAVI's model of giving "more and more money" is unsustainable and unaffordable, say critics.
Source: The Guardian
14 June 2011 | EN
Priya Shetty explores the tools and partnerships that help the public health community counter the threat of counterfeit medicines.
The fight against counterfeits is deploying scanners, spectrometers and minilabs, but nothing can replace national regulatory systems, says Yojana Sharma.
New TB vaccines are facing a major funding shortfall, says Mićo Tatalović, and some countries seem resistant to accepting a future vaccine.
Thirty years since the eradication of smallpox, we are yet to beat polio and malaria, and scientists are discussing new courses of action.
Source: Science
14 January 2011 | EN
The Grand Challenges initiative has highlighted science's role in saving lives, but it will take longer to achieve concrete results, Bill Gates admits.
Source: The New York Times
South Africa is using nanotechnology to improve existing tuberculosis drugs. Munyaradzi Makoni looks at a developing country's experience.
Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.
20 November 2009 | EN
Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.
Polio is still with us, and scientists are having to rethink vaccination strategies for developing countries in the hope of eradication.
Source: Science
12 February 2009 | EN
Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.
Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.
Many factors are increasing antibiotic resistance, and authorities, doctors and patients all have a role in fighting it, writes Jia Hepeng.
T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.
Bovine tuberculosis is no less dangerous to humans than common TB, but relatively little is known about it, reports Natasha Bolognesi.